Github hit by 1.35 Tbps DDoS attack

The online version control and code distribution platform Github has suffered a series of massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, causing service disruption by forcing its website Github.com to go offline.

In the first phase of the attack, Github’s website suffered a shocking 1.35 terabits per second (Tbps) spike while in the second phase Github’s network monitoring system detected 400Gbps spike. The attacks lasted for over 8 minutes and due to the massive traffic used by the attacks, this is the largest DDoS attack ever witnessed.